WOOHOO! That's a nice big batch of winners! If any of the winners fail to respond before Tuesday evening, I will pull new winners for those giveaways. I need to get these mailed out on Wednesday at the latest because I'm heading to Utah!

I'm traveling to Utah to visit my friend Sarah. Also, I'll have a table at the Great Basin Fiber Fair this coming weekend. We will have Phat Fiber stuff as well as Wonderland Fiber fluff at this festival. If you live nearby, please join us!

From their site:

We are returning to the Salt Lake County Equestrian Park & Event Center in South Jordan . This year, the event will be held Friday, August 26, 2016 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, August 27, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Take 11400 South off ramp from I-15 and head West approximately 3 miles. The Park is located two blocks west of Redwood Road. A beautiful venue with an incredible view of the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains.

This giveaway is from Shiny Briny. She gave us two gorgeous batts for giveaway, so I think we'll choose two winners for this giveaway.

These batts are blended from many different fibers in her studio. They are absolutely gorgeous and soft! Each batt is about 1.7 oz. She's fairly new to the Phat Fiber scene, although she's been doing fibers for a good long time. This is her first giveaway, so let's show her some love!

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Shiny Briny find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Shiny Briny Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Shiny Briny Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

This is our Sixth of Eight giveaways ending on August 20th at 6pm. This is from Wildethyme Art. This is one of my favorite batts that they've ever created. I am in love! This is called Delphinium. Our giveaway is for 4 full ounces of this gorgeousness.

You know you want it (I wanted to keep it)."Delphinium" is: Merino, hand-dyed Tussah silk, Corriedale cross, Angelina, firestar, and silk noils. I can't get enough of this beautiful blend of fibers. Enter this and all of our giveaways for your best chances to win.

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Wildethyme Art find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Wildethyme Art Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Wildethyme Art Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

This giveaway is for a Sunflowers and Roses art batt from Fairy Tale Wool. The colors are bright and remind me of summertime. This batt contains: Romney, Alpaca, Silk, Silk Noil, Milk Fiber, and Angelina.

I think I would spin this on my spindle so that I could enjoy every little fiber going through my fingers. This so beautiful. The winner is a lucky duck indeed!

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to The Golden Threads find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the The Golden Threads Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the The Golden Threads Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

This giveaway is for a breed study from The Golden Threads. This breed study contains an information pamphlet talking about the Gotland breed, 1 oz of locks, and 1 oz of super soft roving.

She has more in her shop if you decide you just love working with this breed. This is a great way to get to know a new breed of sheep for your spinning pleasure! I love the shine of these locks and the roving is soft.

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to The Golden Threads find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the The Golden Threads Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the The Golden Threads Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

This next giveaway is a blended top from Handmade Hollows. This top has Alpaca, Finn, Merino, and Polypay. It's titled Hummingbird. The top is soft and feels like it will draft out nicely. I'd love to see how this spins up.

Alice has handspun yarn, spinning fiber, and hand made ceramics in her etsy store. I recently spun up a sample of her alpaca roving, and I love it. Super soft and really vibrant colors. She had samples in our July "Midsummer Harvest" box.

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Handmade Hollows find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Handmade Hollows Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Handmade Hollows Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Our first giveaway of this round is Luthvarvian Fiber Arts Rolags. This is our second giveaway in this round. These will end on August 20th at 6pm.

This giveaway is for a full skein of sparkly light fingering weight yarn called Purple Rain in honor of Prince from Full Circle Artworx. Stacie sent us this skein with her June contribution that was also dedicated to Prince.

This luscious skein is 75% Superwash Merino, 20% Nylon, and 5% Gold Stellina. This would knit up beautifully into a wearable and washable shawl or your new favorite socks.

This yarn also comes with a full set of Starfish and Coffee stitch markers from her shop.

She has yarn, fluff, and accessories in her shop! This is her first giveaway with us, so you'll get a chance to favorite her Etsy shop for an entry.

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Full Circle Artworx find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Full Circle Artworx Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Full Circle Artworx Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Our next round of giveaways will start today and end on August 20th at 6pm. These will be all of the giveaways that I have stored up (so there will be quite a few!). Feel free to enter all of the upcoming giveaways.

This first giveaway is a 1 oz set of rolags from Luthvarian Fiber Arts titled In The Navy. These lovely rolags are corriedale and angelina sparkle.

These have various blues with a bright pop of yellow. I love these beautiful fluffy rolags. I hope the winner shares a photo of the completed spin... or felt?

Meagan has batts, rolags, and spinning accessories in her shop. I know you'll find something that you love. I recently picked up a Cedar Mini Nostepinne from her that has come in very handy when traveling. I always need to rewind my ball before I'm done knitting a project.

How do I win?! FIRST sign in on the giveaway widget above. You'll be given several options to gain entries to the giveaway.

The first, and only mandatory entry, is that you will go to Luthvarian Fiber Arts find something you love then come back here and comment about it.

You can gain an additional entry for each of the following: "hearting" the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Etsy Store, tweeting about the giveaway, or pinning a photo of the roving on Pinterest.

You will earn three additional entries for making a purchase in the Luthvarian Fiber Arts Etsy Store and sharing the transaction ID.

Thank you for supporting our independent artists. They are the only reason we have Phat Fiber to obsess over!

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Our most recent giveaways ended this week. I've been focusing on our fluff, spinning accessories, and yarn collaborations! Have you seen this gorgeous stuff? I will include pictures below with a bit more information.

So, our winners!

The Doodle Fibers Rolag Giveaway was won by Alice H. !! I'm sure she will love these gorgeous rolags. I hope she shows us the yarn she spins up with them.

The Girl with a Sword Handspun Giveaway was won by Josephine! This stuff is so luscious and soft, she's going to LOVE it!

Our collaborations are a project that we've been working on this year. Contributors to the Phat Fiber box fill out a call for entries, and they are carefully juried and selected to submit work to a collaborative effort. I supply the boxes, tissue paper, and other fun little additions. The contributors supply the gorgeous fibers, yarns, and accessories that they love making. These boxes are my way of giving back to the contributors for supporting Phat Fiber month after month. Every penny that we receive for these boxes (aside from shipping, of course), goes right back to the artists so that they can keep making their amazing work for us to enjoy. The August collaborations are based on a photo I found online:

Indian Wedding

This photo inspired us to make batts, rolags, milk fiber, rose fiber, spinning buckets, pods, and much much more. We were so inspired that we created 5 different collaborations for this round.

The Spinning Accessories Collaboration would be the perfect gift for any spinners in your life. There's a spinning bucket that can be attached to your wheel to hold fibers or other useful spinning items. There's a ceramic diz for pulling your fibers into a nice fine roving. There's a diz threader to get you started with your roving. Finally, there's spinning tags that you can attached to your completed yarn with all the useful information about where your fluff came from, what it contains, and how you spun the yarn.

The Fluff Only Collaboration is just that! Each artist submitted at least 2 oz of Rolags, Roving, locks, or batts for your spinning pleasure. These boxes are so full of fiber that I almost couldn't close the box! There is over 10 oz of gorgeous soft fibers in our Indian Wedding colorway.

The Yarn Collaboration is a kit that includes one full skein (100 gm) and two half skeins (50 gm) of yummy yarn. One of the half skeins is pure mulberry silk from India! There are two patterns (one for a full skein and one for half skeins) and a set of stitch markers to complete the kit.

We have a Handspun and Minis Collaborations. This collaboration includes a big fat gorgeous skein of handspun yarn, 5 mini skeins in the Indian Wedding colorway, and a zippered pod for helping you keep it all organized. I've also made a stitch marker set for this collaboration as a bonus.

Finally, we did a Mini Collaboration with a set of mini skeins and a zippered pod. This kit is especially for those that want a small little kit either as a gift for a loved one or a gift for themselves! These little kits are absolutely beautiful.

So, there you have it. That's the skinny on our August Collaborations. I'll be sending out a newsletter tomorrow. If you're not on our list, be sure to go to phatfiber.com and click on Notify Me at the top of the page.

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The Phat Fiber Sampler box is a way for independent fiber, yarn and related needlecraft companies and artisans to promote their products through a tactile goodie box that goes on sale once monthly. Our contributors get exposure while the consumers get to handle and experiment with products before making larger purchases. If you would like to contribute to the box, or are interested in learning more, please contact Crys at Crys at polyartgirl dot net.